Device for waving hair



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DEVICE FOR WAVING HAIR Filed Dec. 5, 1928 2 shee tsshee t 1 s. c. HEADINGTON 1,757,245

DEVICE FOR WAVING HAIR Filed Dec 5, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 6, 1930 UNETED STATES PATENT OFFICE SUSANNA COCROFT HEADINGTON, OF NEW YORK, 1\T. Y.

DEVICE FOR WAVING HAIR Application filed Decemher'S, 1928. Serial No. 323,906. c

This invention relates to devices of the type that are used for imparting a wavy appearance to ha1r.

It is the general purpose and object of the invention to provide av device of this character whlch 1s simple in construction; whlch may be conveniently operated for the purpose of spective view of a complete device showing 7 the cover and base in closed position; Fig. 2, a plan view of the device, showing the cover and the base in open or hair-receiving position; Fig. 3, a view in sectional side elevation of the device, showing the manner of applying the hair tothe base member "prior to clamping the cover member to the base member and closing the said members; Fig. 1, a transverse sectional view through the device, showing the same in closed position and illustrating the manner in which it operates upon the hair; and Fig. 5, a front elevation of the said device.

The complete device illustrated herein comprises generally a transversely curved base member shaped to provide alternating .U- shaped recesses and inverted U-shaped elevations, with heating means forsaid depres sions and elevations, the said base member having a transversely curved insulated pad by means of which the device may rest upon the head of the user or patron during the waving operation; also a cover member which is de tachably hinged at one edge to a correspond ing edge of the base member and which is provided with rods adapted to enter the depressions on the base member, together with means for adjusting some of the said rods toward the base member, therebyto stretch the hair during the heat treatment. In addition, there are used with the device pads which serve to maintain thehairmoist and protect ating part of the base member, and B, B the Referring to the drawings in which thedevice is illustrated Fig. 1 represents a perthe hair. from injury by the heat applied to the base member.

Describing the parts referred to by refer ence characters, A denotes generally the operpad. The base member A is preferably formed of metal, such as aluminum, having transversely curved downwardly extending end flanges 1, and side flanges 2 Fitted within seats 3 provided in said side and end flanges, is a transver'selycurved bottom plate 4, and secured to this bottom plate is the upper part B of the pad, such upper part being preferably aplate of bakelite, which is separated and supported from the plate 1 by means of insulating'spacers 5. Cemented or otherwise suitably secured tothe under side of the plate 13 is the pad B, Which may be of any suitable fibrous material.

The upper face of the'base member A is provided with aplurality of inverted U- shaped or V-shaped ribs6 with UTshaped depressions 7 provided therebetween. Between each end rib and the upwardly eX- tending side flange 2 adjacent thereto is provided a shallow U- s'haped depression 8.

Secured to one of the side flanges 2 is a handle 9, thesaid handle having a bore therethrough forthe passage of a cord 10 containing electrical conductors 1 1 and 12 which extend into the interior of the member A, where they are connected with a suitable resistance formed into. a heater 13 having portions extending intoithe ribsj6-and beneath the depressions Tand 8. i i

The oppositeflange 2 is 'rovided with a perforated lug 14 at each end thereof, which lugs are adapted. to receive hinge lugs or projections on the cover member, which will now be described. 7 a V The cover member consists of a casing, indicated generally at C, the casing having a top 15, downwardly flaring sides 16, '17, and ends 18 having their loweredges transverse- 1y curved and adapted, when the cover is closed, to engage, or to substantially engage,

the tops of the flanges 1 on the base member. The cover wall 16 is provided with a handle 19 having secured thereto a spring clamp 20 on which is provided at its lower end with a lug therefor, but not shown, at the inner end of piece 27 the handle 9. Projecting from opposite ends of the opposite wall 17 are hinge lugs 22 which are adapted to be inserted into the perforations in the lugs 14.

For convenience of description, the handlecarrying portions of the base and cover will be referred to hereinafter as the front of each of these partsand the oppositeportion or end of each willbe referred to as the rear.

23 denotes a rod whichis mounted'in the lower ends of the walls 18, adjacent to the rear of the cover, and 23 a rod which is mounted in'the lower ends of the walls 18, ad acent to the front of the cover. These rods are sopositioned that, when the cover is applied to the base and closed, the rods will extend above the bottoms of the depressions 8. In addition to the rods 23 and23, rods are provided to enter the U-shaped depressions 7' formed between the ribsG. Two

such rods 24 areshown, one for each depres sion 7; butit will be understood that the number of these rods will vary with the number of ribs and depressions therebetween. Each of the rods 24 is provided with reduced ends 24, which ends are mounted in slots 18% provided in the walls 18, whereby thesaid rods are adjustable toward and; from the bottoms of the depressions 7. For the purpose of move mg the rods positively toward thefbottoms of these depressions, the cover isprovided with a pair of lugs 15 each having a threaded bore in each of which is mounted a bolt 25, each having at its lower end a head 26 at tached thereto and at its oppositeend a thumb Vith the parts constructed and arranged as described, the operation will be as follows, assuming that the device is to be used for the production of'a' permanent wave-z i a The hair of the user or patron is parted and the hair on one side of the part is lifted so that the base member may be applied with its rear sideadjacentto the part. In order to secure the waver to the head, the base member has a wide tape 1) applied to the:- front thereof by means of a bailD, the opposite end of the tape being provided with an adjusting buckle D mounted in ribbon loops D the upper ends of whichmay be slipped over the upper ends of the lugs 14. By means of the buckle, the tape may be adjusted so as to-support the device comfortably upon the head of the wearer. A thin 'padconsisting of a strip of parchment or other suitable prepared paper 28 is applied to the tops of the projections '6 on the lower member, as shown in Fig. 3. Over this is laid a second pad consisting of a piece ofsoft cloth 29 which has'been saturated with water.: -The rear edge of the cloth is preferably corded, as shown at 29 The hair 30, suitably treated with the waving fluid, is then laid upon the cloth. The hinge lugs 22 are then inserted into the Openings in the lugs 14 and the cover is closed. This closing movement draws the hair and the paper and cloth pads upon which it is supported into the depreslVhen the cover is entirely closed, the hair I is clamped between the front edge 16 of the wall 16 and the top of the flange 2 therebeneath; also between the bottom 17 of therear wall of the cover and the top of thefiange 2. Then, if deemed necessary to stretch thehair further, the bolts 25 may be adjusted to force the rods 24 downwardly in their slots.

In practice, the front ends of the cloth and paper pads are slitted so as to accommodate the handle 9 and the spring clamp 20. The device described herein can be used for the production of a Marcel wave and also for the production of a water. wave. W hen a water wave is to be produced, the paper strip 28 and the cloth pad 29 will be omitted. Further, after a shampoo,the hair may be put into the waver and set into waves agam- Having thus described my invention, what Iclaimis:

1.v A device of'the character described comprising a base member having its upper face provided with alternating depressions and ribs, a cover for said base member having members adapted to enter the said depresprising a base member having its upper face provided with alternating depressions and ribs, 21- cover. for said base member having members adapted to enter the said depressions, a support for said base member, the said support comprising a platevof insulating material, a pad applied to the lower surface of such plate, and means securing the said plate to the base member and for spacing the plate from said member. and means in said base member for heating the upper or operating surface thereof.

3. A device of the character described comprising a base member having the upper sur-' face thereof provided with upwardly proj ecting 'ribs and with depressions alternating necting one edge of said cover to the corresponding edge of said base member, the said cover having front and rear walls, means whereby the hair is pressed between the bottoms of the said front and rear walls of said cover and the tops of the frontand rear flanges, and members carried by'said cover adapted by the closing thereof to be "projected toward the bottoms of the'aforesaid depressions. v 4. A device of the character described comprising a base member having the upper surface thereof provided with upwardly projecting ribs and with depressions alternating with said ribs, the said member having an upwardly extending flange at the front and at the rear edge thereof, a depression being formed between each flange and the rib adj acent thereto, means carried by the said base member for heating the said ribs and depres-' s1ons,a cover and means for hingedly connecting one edge of said cover to the corresponding edge of said base member, the said cover having front and rear walls adapted to press the hair into engagement with the tops of the front and rear flanges. members carried by said cover adapted by the closing thereof to be projected toward the bottoms of the depressions on the base member, and means carried by the said cover for adjusting some of the last mentioned members toward the bottoms of the depressions with which they respectively cooperate.

5. A device of the character described com prising a base member having the upper surface thereof provided with upwardly projecting ribs and depressions alternating with said ribs, means carried by the said base member for heating the said ribs and depressions,

a cover and means for connecting the cover to the said base member, members carried by said cover adapted by the closing thereof to be projected toward the bottoms of the depressions on the base member, and means carried by the said cover for adjusting one or more of the last-mentioned members toward the bottoms of the depressions with which they respectively cooperate.

6. A device of the character described comprising a base member having the upper surface thereof provided with upwardly pro 'ectin ribs and with de ressions alternatin D b with said ribs, the said member having an upwardly extending flange at the front and at the rear edge thereof, a depression being base members, one or more of said members having its ends mounted insl'ots in the end walls of the cover, and means carried by the cover for engaging such adjustable member or members for moving the same toward the base member. i

7. A device of the character described comprising a base member having the upper surface thereof provided with upwardly proj ecting: ribs and depressionsalternating with said ribs, the said member having an upwardly extending flange at the'front and at the rear edge thereof, a depression being formed between each flange and the rib adjacent thereto, means carried by the said base member for heating the said ribs and depressions, a cover and means for hingedly connecting the rear edge of said cover to the rear edge with the depressions on the base member, one i or more ofthe intermediate rods having sends mounted in slots inthe end walls of said cover, andmeans threaded through the said cover for pressing a rod. or rods so mounted toward the bottom of the depression with which each of-such rods cooperates.

8. A-device of the character described comprising a base and a cover provided with 00 operating wave-forming members, means for adjusting one or more of the wave-forming members with'respect to a-cooperat-ing waveforming member, said means including mechanism for holding said members fixed in any adjusted position and means for heating the hair while held by said members. V

' 9-. A device of the character described comprising a base member having the upper surface thereof provided with upwardly projecting ribs and depressions alternating with said ribs, means carried by the said base memberv for heating the said ribs anddepressions, a cover, and meansfor connecting the said cover to the said base member, rods mounted in the end, walls of the cover and arranged to register with depressions on the base member, one or Imore of the rods having ends mountedin slots in the end walls of said cover, andffneansfor adjusting a rod so mounted toward the bottom of the depression with which it cooperates. Y a

.' 10. A device of the character described comprising a base having wave-forming proections and depressions, a cover having wave-formlng members cooperating with the wave-forming projections and depressions on- 5 the base, means forhingedly connectmg the rear edges of the base member and cover, a handle applied to the front of the base, a handle applied to the front of the cover, and a spring clamp carried by one of the said handles and adapted automatically to engage the other handle, thereby to lock the cover in closed position.

11. A device of the character described comprising a base having wave-forming projections ,and depressions, a cover having wave-forming members. on the base, means for hingedlyconnecting the rear edges of the base and cover, a handle applied to the front of the base, a handle applied to the front of the cover, a clamp secured to the handle for the cover and having a depending spring adapted to engage the handle on the base, the latter handle and the depending spring portion of the clamp having the one a projection and the other a notch or recess for said projection.

12. In a device of the character described, the combination of a basehaving a rear upwardly extending flange and a front upwardly extending flange and provided with alternating wave-forming projections and depress sions, means carried by the base member for heating the wave-forming portions thereof, a shielding pad applied to the said flanges and projections, an absorbent pad applied to the 7 top of the first mentioned sheet and having a corded rear edge, and a cover adapted to be hingedly connected to the rear of the base and 40 having wave-forming members adapted to engage a layer of hair on top of the absorbent pad and to force such layer and the two pads Vnating wave-forming projections and depressions, means carried by the base for heating the wave-forming portions thereof, a shielding pad applied to the said fianges'and projections, an absorbent pad applied to the top wave-formingvmembers cooperating with the ly extending flange and provided with alter-' pad and to force such layer and the two pads into the depressions on the base member, the said cover having the bottom of its rear edge adapted to clamp the hair and interposed pads between itself and the top of the rear flange on the base member, the front flange of the base member and the lower edge of the front wall of the cover member also being arranged to exercise a similar clamping efiect when the cover is closed, and means for adjusting one or more of the wave-forming members of the cover toward the bottoms of the depressions in the base with which they respectively cooperate.

14. In a hair waving device, a member provided with alternate ribs and depressions, a

cover for said member having means whereby it is detachably engaged therewith,'rods carried by said cover adapted to engage in said depressions, and means whereby one of said rods may be adjusted with respect to said cover. V

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature.

SUSANNA COCROFT HEADINGTON.

of the first mentioned pad and having a-cordedrear edge, and a cover adapted to be hingedly connected to the rear of the base and having wave-forming members adapted to en- 65 gage a layer of hair on top of theabsorbent 

